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Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Grouping together wages, capital gains, and misc under the label "income" rhetorically hides the unfairness of our regressiv
by specialist 6y ago
Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Grouping together wages, capital gains, and misc under the label "income" rhetorically hides the unfairness of our regressive tax regime.
- jefftk 6y agoWhile it is certainly possible to give misleading statistics, these seem pretty reasonable to me? Could you say more about how you think it's misleading?
- specialist 6y agoPedantry is just another distraction, obfuscation. GP's point is the IRS is unfairly focusing on the weakest while ignoring the worst offenders. No reasonable person disputes IRS's own repeated statements to that effect. We can only guess the motives of any one still in denial.
- chillwaves 6y agoAnswer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24603200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24603200
- specialist 6y agoNice share, thanks. This is Vox's explainer of the same topic. Who pays the lowest taxes in the US? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCGbAv8YPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCGbAv8YPw Just from skim reading, theintercept's article is based on a study from ITEP and Vox's data comes from taxjusticenow.org. I'd have to dig deeper to see if they're referencing the same data of if these are just complimentary studies.